The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-01-21
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| Is the pOlc-feiu iocoiilotiN'' W
invented in Montgomery. Alabama
and for the manufacture of which TINS
company has the sole agency. 1t Is 4
small locomotive provided with I'M
mcnselv wide double-flanged, chain
oearcd wheels. each Of which reyolyes
| independently Of the others on It's axis,
and has laiera1 play of three inches,
constructed for penetrating the remot-
est depths Of >wamps ana forests III
search of timber that would otherwise
| never reach the saw-mll. 1t is able to
run at the rate of five miles an hour.
on a grade of two hundred feet t" the
mile. over a track made of logs laid
end to end and iointcd together In
such road no crosS-ties nor iron are
necessary. and it can be built at an eX-
pcnse Of about $50 pcf Pqafiiliee- Pqafiie. Al
though but recently introduced, these
absurd-looking little locomotives are
already in use in dozen different 10
calities through the South, and are
giving 4 new impetus to the timber
business wherever they 90.
In 1869 Mr.. William H. Parrish, OF
Richmond. began to manufacture wood
Ell buckets and tubs on a small scale III
one corner of the world-renouned build
ing that used to be the Libby Prison.
When the wholesale dealers of the
city refused to take his goods, he
boughta couple of teams, and with one
of his sons peddled his wares about the
city at wholesale prices until he had
forced market. The business grew,
and was moved across the river. where
in 49,, the factory was swept away by
a flood. 1t was rebuilt, and in 1884
was Entirely destroyed by fire. Again
it was rebuilt out from the city, near
Powhatan's old home, as the Richmond
Cedar Works. it now occupies eight
acres of ground. and employs three
hundred men in the manufacture of
tubs. pals. churns. measures, well
buckets. etc. The firm now conduct
ing the business owns 10000 acres of
timber lands in the great Dismal
Swamp, from which they draw their
raw material. and they find a market
for their wares in every State OF the.
Union. and in many foreign countries.
They claim to have the largest and
bcst-equipped wooden-ware factory in
the world
Another industry Of which Rich
mond is Justly proud, and which has
advanced toward success with giant
strides. is the Randolph Paper Box
Factory, established in 1877, with sew
en- hands. by Il Young man who knew
absolutely nothing about the manufac-
ture of paper boxes, but fancied that it
was Il business that he would like. He
had only few hundred dollars capital.
but was possessed Of an immense stock
of energy. industry, and perseverance.
As a result. he is to-day the largest
maker of paper boxes for druggists use
in the United States. if not in the
world lie employs a working force
of three hundred girls and sisty-iiyc
men and BOYS. for whom he has provid-.,
cda fine free library, and his factory
turns out l23.o00 boxes every day, and
often $4,000 or 10000 more. The de-
mand for his work is always in excess
Of the supply, and his largest market
is in New England and Canada.
Among the minor industries of Rich
mond is the only glue factory in the
South, and the only paper twine facto
in the United States.
Although it is generally supposed
that most of the flour exported from
this country is made in the West, the
oldest and one of the largest mills for
the manufacture of export flour is To-
Gated in Richmond. and its machinery
is driven by the James. Founded in
1925, the Haxall FIGURING Mills and
"Haxall" flour are now known all over
the civilized world, and their reputa-
ton is us untarnished to day as at any
time during the past seventy years.
Although but few of Richmond'S
leading industries are here mentioned,
they are sufficient TO indicate the char
acter of the great change which this
most conservative of cities, and infer
cntially the whole South, is undergoing.
The old order Of things has passed away
and is almost forgotten. The new or
der has taken its place. and foremost
among its promoters and supporters
stands Richmond. Il leader of the In
dustriaI South. as twenty five Years ago
she was Of the Confederate South
kIRN MrSRoE, !" Harper's Weekly.
The truth. the whole truth and
nothing but the truth" Did ever an
angel in heaven OF Il man on earth sue
ceed in telling the truth after that fash
ion : And yet there is not Il little jus
tee Of the peace in AL the length and
breadth OF orr land who does not feel
called upon to demand from every wit
ness who comes before him divine ye-
racitv Of which he is himself as inca
pablo as his fellow mortals. To hear
the lawyers and doctors of divinity dis,
cusS, one would think that t4.s.y all had
truth and the we'll in their back ward.